- Successful PMs are passionate, they constantly evangelize their products - Successful PMs are versatile, they have daily conversations with tech and business teams - Successful PMs are savvy, they create time to recharge their batteries

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5. Howard Lakougna
T O N I G H T ’ S S P E A K E R

6. 6
Outline
• Quick intro
• What does a PM do?
• Day to day of a PM
• Tools used daily by a PM
• My secret sauce
• Questions

7. My journey
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20051980’
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2009 2015 2016 2019 2019 2019

8. What does a PM do?
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Pinterest

9. What does a PM do?
9
PM are planning animals
Before shipping: favorite tools
are sticky notes and sharpies
Product school

10. What does a PM do?
PM are rock stars.
After shipping: Favorite
tools are PPT and ABS
10
NBA.com

11. 11
Day to day of a PM: who knows?
1 2
3
4

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Day to day of a PM: who knows?
1.1. Learning
1.2. Ideation
1.3. Experiment
1.4. Build/Ship
1

13. 13
Day to day of a PM: who knows?
2.1. Track metrics
2.2. Prioritize
2.3. Expand (seg/geo)
2.4. Learning/feedback
2

14. 14
Day to day of a PM: who knows?
3.1. Track metrics
3.2. Profit (lower COGS)
3.3.Retention/feedback
3.4. Reporting
3

15. 15
Day to day of a PM: who knows?
4.1. New products
4.2. Learning
4.3. Experiment
4.4. Promote
4

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Day to day of a PM: who knows?
1 2
3
4

17. Product manager
tool bag
1
Domain
expertise
know
2
Curiosity/
Growth
3
Comm
4
Customer
obsession
5
Prioritize
6
People
skills
7
Tech skills
/Hacking
8
Advocacy
9
Inspire
followers
Fundamental
Advanced
17
Tools used daily by a PM

18. My secret sauce: fail often, fail fast
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My failures are my
badge of honor

19. My secret sauce: bigger purpose
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Find what motivates you!!!
Hint: intrinsic

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My secret sauce: curiosity
1. “Be a learn it all” Satya
1. “Death is when we stop
learning” Einstein
1. “You are in the wrong room if
you are the smartest person”
Confucius

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Give back
“When you've worked hard, and
done well, and walked through
that doorway of opportunity,
you do not slam it shut behind
you. You reach back and you
give other folks the same
chances that helped you
succeed” Guess who?

22. 22
Give back
“When you've worked hard, and
done well, and walked through
that doorway of opportunity,
you do not slam it shut behind
you. You reach back and you
give other folks the same
chances that helped you
succeed” Michelle Obama

23. Wrapping up (NERD-DIG)
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1. No magic bullet
2. Embrace failures
3. Reward in the journey
4. Develop Hard/Soft skills
5. Don’t be the smartest in the room
6. Intrinsic motivators

24. Howard Lakougna
Sr. PM DIG/PSJH
Career consultant
Email: hlakougna@gmail.com
Questions???

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